by CF&P | Jul 1, 2010 | News, Press Releases
Double Taxation Working Group For Immediate Release Monday, July 1, 2010 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org Senator DeMint Praised for Leading the Fight Against Higher Taxes on Dividends and Capital Gains (Washington, DC, Thursday, July 1, 2010) The Double...
by CF&P | Jun 28, 2010 | Letters
[PDF Version] Double Taxation Working Group June 28, 2010 The Honorable Jim DeMint 340 Russell Senate Office Building United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator DeMint: We are writing to express our appreciation for your efforts to protect Americans from...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 21, 2010 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Economic Growth, Europe, Tax Competition, Taxation
The former communists running Russia apparently understand tax policy better than the buffoons in charge of U.S. tax policy. Not only does Russia have a 13 percent flat tax, but the government has just announced it will eliminate the capital gains tax (which...
by Geoffrey MacLeay | May 14, 2010 | Big Government, Europe, Taxation
As noted in this blog back in August, the end of Labour rule in the U.K. will not mean the end of big government in that country. The new coalition government has already proposed a large tax hike on capital gains: At present investors only pay CGT of 18pc on gains...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 11, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
The final paper in Stephen J. Entin of IRET’s three part series about the capital gains tax rate is entited, Revenue Estimation Of Capital Gains Needs Improvement, and as the title promises it explores the inacurate revenue estimates applied to potential changes...